Sunday, March 18, 2018

I've put the Dwarf zeppelin on hold until I get to do the green stuff.

So I worked on what was on the table. I planned to do a lot and did little. Time flies when painting. Some paint an entire army in an afternoon , I just one mini. The Sorceress for my Daughters of Khaine army. See more of her in the next post.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

After the fiasco on Saturday I asked Mom miniatures for help & got the answer : Super Glue GEL ! !!

And it works !

I have glued the balloon , the ship to the cloud & both pieces of the ship together & 2 pillars that support the balloon. The balloon isn't glued yet to the pillars and the 2 sides of the ship are also not glued as I want to fit them better together ( little problem caused by my berserk action on Saturday ).

I've set it aside now to dry for 24 hours. Tomorrow I'll glue the other parts in place ( that are seen on the picture ) & I'm almost there !

Sunday, March 11, 2018

And now I started on 15 High Elves White Lions. They're the metal version that I bought at Crisis 2017. So far I did the base color + wash for the skin.

I also started on a Daughters of Khaine model : the Sorceress. There will be more of these models to see in the future as I started yet another new army with these models. ( Highly addicted to buying I'm afraid...)

I also started on Typhus for the Death Guards army. This model is the main reason I started this army. I love it , I'm still not sure if I use the smoke with flies. But I can always add them later !

And here the reason of not posting on Saturday : Mom miniatures Dwarf zeppelin !

Where to start ... I was so excited to order it last year. It was a preorder in March 2017 and it took a serious amount (170 euro) and a long while to get here at the end of 2017. As always ( with my new stuff ) it gets unpacked , looked , stacked and sometimes forgotten...

And yesterday I felt the need to start this project...

Biggest mistake of my life ! ! ! ( Never have I regretted spending so much money on a model than this one - I'm no longer a fan of Mom miniatures ! )

A full day of trying to glue this thing together with rubber bands ( to keep all in place ) , with fail after fail , etc ... This thing does not fit together what so ever , with gaps as big as a cm , but that didn't stop me. So I started on the hull , glued it together ( all was well ). Then I glued all the supports for the balloon , then glued the balloon. And when I tried and fit it all together , the balloon was to big to fit between the supports for it. I have tried all resources available in my arsenal , but nothing made this thing fit or glue together and stick.

So after 8 hours or so , I went berserk ( Yes like a Dwarf ) and threw the whole damn thing nearly through the window. Got my sanity a little back before I really threw it with great force in the garbage bin and then I really lost it and almost destroyed the model.

So after I cooled down , I decided not to throw 170 euro's in the bin and got it back out and repaired the whole thing. And luckily all that is still visible from my carnage is one broken shield. That I might repair or leave as is as a reminder of my rage...

Now I've come up with a new plan. And I'll be going shopping in a local hardware store and get me the necessary tools to finish this infernal thing !

And hopefully soon it will look like the only model ever built ( by mom miniatures itself ) minus one broken shield, as far as I know as I can't find anyone else who has.

So that's it for this week.

See you all next week ! For hopefully a more relaxed Paint Table Saturday !